South Island Gallery / Whitewater / 2007-11 West Coast   Styx and Kakapotahi We followed the rain to the Coast but there wasn't really enough--about 15mm at the Styx--so we did the Styx and Kakapotahi, both at low flows. The Kakapotahi has a very sketchy sideways-seal-launch-off-a-huge-boulder portage.  James walking in to the Styx    Styx    Side trip on the Styx, only about 500m per km    IMGP2975    Decent rapids at last    IMGP2978    Me at the put-on for the Styx    IMGP2983    IMGP2984    IMGP2986    IMGP2987    IMGP2988    IMGP2989    IMGP2991    IMGP2992    James picking his line    James' boat after running the hardest section on its own--came off relatively easily once we'd got to the island    IMGP2996    IMGP2997    IMGP3000    IMGP3001    Cool granite gorges at the start of the Upper Kakapotahi    First drop on the Kakapotahi    IMGP3008    IMGP3010    Whio on the Kahuterawa -- clearly better adapted to portaging than we are    Imgp3017    First drop on the Lower    IMGP3019   29 Images  |  Home  |  Generated by jAlbum 9 and based on Chamelion skin